https://corenyc.org/omeka/files/original/2361cda6a5c523f4adc7c2bb2962cc25.tiff fe10c04420e9e07fc402cc5b2699a10a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource photo of City Councilmen Hilton Clark and Rev. Wendell Foster and the renaming of Lenox Avenue into Malcolm X Boulevard Description An account of the resource This is a 1987 photo of Columbia CORE member Hilton Clark (sitting, Black male, dark suit, glasses) as a NYC city councilman. Sitting next to him is city councilman Rev. Wendell Foster (New York CORE) on his right and Mayor Ed Koch on his left. Koch is signing the law which renamed parts of Lenox Avenue into Malcolm X Boulevard. Next to Koch is Dr. Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s widow. It was Clark who was responsible for introducing the legislation for the renaming to the city council. Foster originally came out of New York CORE. When Clark returned to NYC after his time in the Army, he became worked on a campaign for Charlie Rangel and became involved in with local politics. Clark organized it the Malcolm X Club of Independent Democrats and ran with Harlem CORE’s Elaine Parker for in 1971 for district leader in the 74th assembly district, a seat formerly held by Adam Clayton Powell. They lost, but Clark eventually won in 1979 as district leader of part A of the 71st assembly district. He served as city councilman in 1989-1990. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jet Jun 1, 1987 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Jet Magazine Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York City, 1987 columbia core congress of racial equality core Malcolm X new york core